| Place | Asia: Singapore, Changi |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART26507 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 36.4 x 46.8 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | brush and brown ink and wash heightened with white, over pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Griffin, Murray |
| Place made | Singapore: Changi |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Grass cutting and crushing machine, Changi
Description
The finer type of grass was gathered outside the camp, cut, crushed and soaked for 24 hours, then the liquid taken medicinally as a preventative against beri beri. On the left a POW is feeding an inverted lawn mower with grass. At the right another POW runs the cut grass through rollers 2 or3 times to crush it. This machine, built in camp from bits and pieces, is run by electricity. Captain Michael F A Woodruff, AAMC; improvised machinery for cutting and crushing grass to make beri beri preventitive.